Loading device for grain, &amp;c.



No. 885,923. PATENTED APR. 28, 1908. H. E. HAWKINS. LOADING DEVICE FOR GRAIN, 8m.

APPLIOATIOI FILED AUG. 26, 1907.

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' H. .E. HAWKINS. LOADING DEVICE FOR GRAIN; 8w.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 26, 1907.

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HARRY E. HAWKINS, OF rARKERQKANsAs LOADING nnvroa Fon- GRAIN, 850.

To all whom may concern:

Be i known that I, HARRY E. HAWKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Parker, in the county of Linn and State of Kansas, have invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Loading Devices for Grain, &c.; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled 1 in the art to which it 'appertains to make and This invention has relation to new and useful improvementsinloading devices, and, while it is specially adapted for use inloading grain cars, itmay beused in any other connection where a device of this character could be advantageously employed.

a In the drawings and spe'c' cation the device will be, for the purpose ofexplanation, referred to as a device for elevatin and dumping a wagon body, as this is pro ably the most common method in hauling grain to a grain car, but it may be employed for elevatingand dumping any kind of a receptacle in which gigin may be placed. 4

With t "object in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construe tion, combination and arrangementof parts as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings; Figurel is an end .view of the device for loading grain; constructed in accordance'with the invn-i tion, showing the osition of the wagon body while be raise. and Fi 2 is a s1de view, a showing t e positionof to wage dorj body to discharge the:-,g', 'ra'iii. In the embodiment of frame 1 is shown for sup tus employed forghois-ting. 33 11! wa'gon ody, saidfr ing upright andl 'hro and 3, respectivel rose,- sup. 4 is arranged, betwee "two; oft members at asuitabl which will .be disclosed. To, elevateor raise I preferably employ a hoist &ppa1'a l1$ ,f th6;.fOIn;!;-0f 8, lock and tac e, 6, and a.- indlass]? which may-bejournaled'to orne" he .-frame in'po sition tdbe iperated easily the operator ema; e'ri. r, r i hejblock'g-and' tackle is shown att lied-t we on bed or body by ropes, cables herflex'i les, adapted to be Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed August 26, 1901. Serial No. 390,181.

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myself to such method of attachment, as various other means may be employed.

The dumping a paratus comprises a cable, 8,-or other flexib e member, attached to the front end of the body, preferably 'by being vpassed under the same and passing over pule eys, 9, arranged near the upper end of the frame in any suitable manner, and a windlass, 10, journaled to or near the frame in any suitable manner in a position to. be easily op-' erated by. an operator for winding up said ro e or cable;

, nstead of employing a Windlass in connection with the block and tackle for raising .or hoisting the wagon bed or body, other means may be employed, for instance,- a pulley may be arranged near the lower end of the frame, the free end of the tackle arra ed to pass under the pulley, and a team of orses or other draft animals hitched to the tackle.

In ractice, the wagon bed or bodyis hoiste until at the desired height and then swung at-right' angles by winding up the cable, or other flexible member," 8, the tail end of the wagon being supported by the cross supporting bar, 4. This done, the operator continues to: wind up the said cable or other flexible memberuntil the rear end of thewagon body has been suflicie'ntly elevated to cause the body to assume the desired angle Ito discharge the grain by means of a chute i ntolagraincar, when the tail piece is removed.

' The-"ropes 11 or other'suitable neansare suitable aine and are wer ends in any suita le manner and'constitute a uide for the wagon bed or body, as it is eing raised; the body has been raised to the desired height, the lower ends of the ropes or, other flexible members are detached to connecting element formed atits ends with loops for receiving or encircling opposite ends of a receptacle, said element constituting means for connecting the hoisting apparatus therewith, apparatus for raising the receptacle in dumping position, and for elevating and su porting one end thereof, after the receptacl e has been swung in such position, said apparatus comprising a flexible element formed with a loop for receiving one end of the rece tacle, a cross su porting member arrange between two of t e upright frame members for supporting the opposite end of the receptacle when the latter is swung into dumping position and'flexible guide elements for guiding the receptacle during the opera- I tion of raising it into or lowering it from" dumping position with means for detachably connecting the free ends of the guide elements with the supporting frame.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY E. l-L-UVKINS.

Witnesses:

4 B. C. LEWELLYN,

E, A. STEELE. 

